August 5, 2022
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego have joined a nationwide study to better understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients in the United States across all demographic groups.
August 13, 2019
UC San Diego School of Medicine has been awarded $9 million to fund research projects using human pluripotent stem cells, CRISPR and human organoids to dissect beta cell defects and create a human cell model of type 1 diabetes aimed at identifying the cellular actions leading to disease onset.
May 31, 2015
Accurately assessing pain in children in a clinical setting can be difficult. A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has demonstrated the validity of a new method for measuring pediatric pain levels using novel facial pattern recognition software.
August 29, 2023
A $5 million gift from the Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Foundation has established the UC San Diego Gene Therapy Initiative to find novel therapies for children and adults with genetic diseases.
December 17, 2020
…which houses the only Pediatric Burn Unit in San Diego and Imperial counties. As part of his follow-up care, Benjamin and his mom were also seen at the Burn Center’s outpatient clinic once a week for three weeks. Family centered approach to a special kind of care Treating children for…
May 19, 2021
By mapping its genetic underpinnings, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a predictive causal role for specific cell types in type 1 diabetes, a condition that affects more than 1.6 million Americans.
March 23, 2017
…a first-line medication for pediatric HIV, dosing in infected children—typically an underserved patient population, particularly in developing countries. Yang’s work is known as pharmacokinetics, or the study of how a medication moves through the body—how it’s distributed, absorbed, eliminated, and everything in between. A drug’s pharmacokinetics determines how much you…
October 25, 2022
Building upon a long history, the UC San Diego has launched a new Human Milk Institute to accelerate research into the biology and therapeutic potential of human milk to prevent or treat both infant and adult diseases. The new institute is believed to be the first of its kind in…
February 1, 2017
In a new paper published this week in PNAS, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with colleagues at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, the University of Colorado School of Medicine and SignalRx, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company, describe a potential…
August 11, 2022
…of clinical pharmacy and pediatrics and associate dean for pharmacy education. Dr. Brookie Best Her contributions span the school’s missions of research, education and clinical care. She has mentored more than 130 students and been named Professor of the Year by the Associated Students three times. Her research, which includes…
